This wiki page is dedicated to the many ways that people first encounter Public Lab, from seeing a tweet, to picking up our Grassroots Mapping Forum, or following a link to our website.

In Person entry points:

• individual member of the community
• through hearing a non-member talk abstractly about the existence of Public Lab
• an event with many members present

Through physical items

• picking up tool pieces and asking what they are --> being shown the tool wiki page
• picking up a kit --> reading the packaging --> going to the software's website
• ordering a kit

Via press coverage

Online entry points:

• our website

• tweet --> deep link to a research note --> sidebar links to Related WIki Pages --> click on tag --> view results by tag --> click on a prolific author's profile --> click Join in top menu bar

• Kickstarter --> spectralworkbench.org --> publiclab.org/signup --> mailing lists

Email entry points:

• read a forwarded email from a friend --> follow link to google group at bottom of page --> read through messages --> Join Group

  • no link to website